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G. D. WHITING. JOURNAL BOX LID.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.21,1907.

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CHARLES D. WHITING, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOTHOMAS .1. MURPHY, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

JOURNAL-BOX LID.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 31, 1907.

Application filed January 21, 1907. Serial No. 353,219.

To all whom it may concern:

'Be it'known that I, CHARLES D. WHrrrNG, a citizen of the United States,residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State ofMinnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Journal-Box Lids, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactspecification.

The invention relates to improvements in journal boxes for railway carsand the like.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved form of lid ordoor for the oil box of a journal bearing which is simple and economicalin construction and cifective in its operation.

T o the attainment of these ends and the accomplishment of other new anduseful objects, as will appear, the invention consists in the featuresof novelty in the construction, combination and arrangement of theseveral parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and shown inthe accompanying drawings, illustrating an exemplication of thisinvention, and in which# Figure 1 is a broken view in elevation of a lidand journal box embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a front elevationview similar to Fig. l of the journal box with the lid or cover removed.Fig. 3 is a rear view of the lid, the upper part thereof being brokenaway. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view through the lid and journalbox taken on line 4 4, Fig. l, showing the lid in a closed position.Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4, showing the lid in open position andthe construction by which the lid is secured in open position. Fig. 6 isa sectional view through the lid and journal box on the line 646 of Fig.4. Fig. 7 is a sectional view on line 7#7, Fig. 4. Fig. S is a sectionalview on line 8 8, Fig. 3. Fig. 9 is an enlarged detail sectional view ofthe spring-controlled, pivoted locking member mounted in the lowerextremity of the lid. This view is an enlarged view of the` same part asit appears in Figs. 4 and 5 and is taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

In this embodiment of the invention the ordinary form of journal box isshown designated by the numeral l and in which the opening desired to beclosed by the lid is rectangular in shape and bounded by the sidemembers la, top member 1b and bottom member l0. The lid 2 is of a sizecorresponding to this opening in the box and is provided on its backside with grooves along its outer edges facing inwardly as indicated at2a, and which are adapted to support the lid by sliding on the bers la.On the back side of the lid at its upper edge, the material is extendedto form the groove 2b shaped similarly to the grooves 2a. This topgroove on the lid is adapted to cooperate with the upper flanged edge ofthe box 1b to form a closure when the lid is in its lowermost position,as illustrated in Fig. 4.

The lower edge of the lid is provided with downwardly extending sidemembers 2C, one at each side of the lid, which are provided withsuitable holes 3, adapted to take the key or pin 4, which is used insecuring the pivoted locking member 5 in position. Adjacent to the loweredge of the lid, the material is formed into a protecting flange orcover 2d connecting the members 2c and serving to partially inclose thepivoted member 5. The locking member 5 is provided with a suitable lugor handle 5a adapted to be grasped by the hand of the operator inmanipulating the lid. 5C is an extension adapted to take under the lowerflanged edge of the edge member lC for the purpose of locking the lid inits closed position, as illustrated in Fig. 4.

It will be observed that the member 5 is provided with a longitudinalhole 5C adapted to take the pin 4, and that the material adjacent tothis hole, except for a short distance at each end, is cut away to forma housing 5d adapted to take the elastic controlling spring 6. Thehousing 5d has the surrounding shell broken away, as indicated at 5e forthe purpose of providing means for inserting the torsional spring 6 andalso for the purpose of permitting a branch of the spring as 6a tocontact with the wall of the lid. The spring is also suitably secured tothe member 5 in order that the member 5 will be normally held in closedposition.

The lid 2 is provided on its back side midway between its side edgeswith the lug 2e. This lug also has side extensions 2g and 2f of the sameheight as 2e at the lower edge in order to form a ledge for contactingwith the top edge of lC on the journal box when the lid is in closedposition. The members 2g and 2f vhave their outer surfaces inclinedupwardly in the direction of the surface of the lid, thus forming meansfor deiiecting the lubricating oil to the interior of the box projectingedges of the side memand so preventing it from escaping at the joiningbetween the lower edge of the lid and its corresponding surface lC onthe box. The member 2e, however, is of the same width throughout, thusproviding a ledge on its upper edge for contacting with the lower edgeof lb at the top of the box and thus securing the lid against furtherupward movement when in raised position, as illustrated in Fig. 5. Inorder to provide a convenient means for sustaining the lid in raisedposition, the side edges lEL of the aperture on the box are beveled attheir upper extremities, as indicated at 1d. This con* struction, itwill be seen, causes the upper 4 edge 1b to lie out of the plane of theedges 1ft and 1o and permits the lid when in raised position to inclinetoward the plane of the top of the box so that the plane of the lidcorresponds to the plane of the beveled edges ld. The lid will be heldfirmly in this inclined position by reason of the pressure of theextension 5b against the sides 1a of the journal box, thus effectivelysecuring the lid in open or raised position until released by beingbrought into the plane of the side members Ia and 1C and so permittingthe grooves or guide-ways 2L on thesides of the lid to register on theslides or flanged edges of la. By this construction, it will be seenthat a convenient and eflicient form of lid is secured-one which formsan effective closure and at the same time may be conveniently operatedin order to gain access to the interior of the journal box.

In order that the invention might be fully understood the details of anembodiment thereof have been thus specifically described but what Iclaim is 1. In a lid for journal boxes, the combi-A nation of means forslidably mounting the lid on a journal box and a pivoted member adaptedto secure the lid in closed position.

2. In a lid for journal boxes, the combination of means for slidablymounting the lid on a journal box, a pivoted member adapted to securethe lid in closed position, and elastic means for controlling saidpivoted member. y

3. In a lid for journal boxes, the combination of means forslidablymounting the lid on a journal box, there being a housing on said lidadjacent to one end thereof, a pivoted locking member secured therein,and elastic means for controlling said pivoted member.

4. In a lid for journal boxes, the combination of means for slidablymounting the lid on a journal box, there being a housing on said lid anda pivoted member mounted therein and adapted to secure the lid in closedposition.

5. In a lid for journal boxes, the combination of means for slidablymounting the vlid on a journal box, there being a housing on said lid, apivoted member carried in said housing and adapted to secure the lid inclosed position, and elastic means for controlling said pivoted member.

6. In a device of the character described, the combination of a journalbox, a lid slidably mounted thereon embodying side members adapted toengage corresponding members on said journal box, top and bottom membersadapted to engage corresponding members on the journal box when the lidis in closed position, and a housing adjacent the lower edge of the lid,and a pivoted member in said housing adapted to lock the lid in closedposition.

7. In a device of the character described, the combination of a journalbox, a lid slidably mounted thereon embodying side members adapted toengage corresponding members on said journal box, top and bottom membersadapted to engage corresponding members on the journal box when the lidis in closed position, and a housing adjacent the lower edge of the lid,

bottom and side members when in closed position and with the said topmember when in open position.

9. In a device of the character described, the combination of a journalbox embodying side members extending approximately `parallel with eachother and provided with surfaces lying in a plane common to each member,and a transverse member connecting the side members and having itssurface beveled at an angle to the plane of the said side members, a lidslidably mounted on the said side members, and means for securing thelid in closed position.

10. In a device of the character described, the combination of a journalbox having an opening, said box being provided with parallel sidemembers Whose surfaces lie 1n a common plane throughout their entirelength and are provided with beveled surfaces near their upperextremities, a lid slidably mounted on the said side members, and apivoted locking member carried by said lid and adapted to engage thesaid side members when the lid is in open position.

11. In a device of the character described, the combination of a journalbox having an opening therein, and parallel slides adjacent to saidopening, a lid mounted on said parallel slides, and an elasticallycontrolled pivoted member carried by said lid and ada ted to engage saidparallel slides when the id is in open position.

12. In a lid for journal boxes, having a housing adjacent to one endthereof, a pivoted member secured in said housing, said pivoted memberembodying a cylindrical body portion, a flange member extendinglaterally-from said cylinder adapted to contact with the wall of thejournal box for the purpose of securing the lid thereto and means formanually controlling said pivoted member.

13. In a lid for journal boxes, having a housing, a pivoted membermounted in said housing embodying a cylindrical portion extendingapproximately the entire width of the lid, and being provided with arecess extending longitudinally of the cylindrical portion adapted toreceive elastic means for the purpose of controlling said pivoted memberin relation to the lid, and an extending ange member adapted to contactwith the walls of the journal box, and means or elastically controllingthe pivoted mem- 14. In a device of the character described thecombination of a journal box having an opening therein and parallelslides adjacent to said opening, a lid mounted on said arallel slidesand provided with a boss or ug adjacent the lower edge thereof, and apivoted locking member carried by said lid and adapted to cooperate withthe said boss 'or lug to secure the lid in closed position.

15. In a device of the character described the combination of a journalbox having an opening therein and arallel slides adjacent to saidopening, a lidp mounted on said parallel slides and provided with a bossor lug adjacent the lower edge thereof, and an elastically controlledpivoted locking member carried by said lid and adapted to cooperate withthe said boss or lug to secure the lid in closed position.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 16th day of January A. D.1907.

CHARLES D. WHITING.

Witnesses z JAY W. CRANE, DELIA HALvERsEN.

